"It's coming yet, for a' that, That man to man, the warld o'er, Shall brithers be for a' that." "The Visitors," "Kindred Societies," are included with suitable quotations. The verse under the toast of "The Press" is a happy selection:-- "Here's freedom to him that wad read, Here's freedom to him that wad write, There's nane ever feared that the truth should be heard, But they whom the truth would indite." We have seen the following quoted several times with this toast:-- "A chiel's amang you takin' notes, And faith he'll prent it." The concluding toast, that of "The Lassies," has the familiar lines:-- "The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly loved the lassies, O!" At a dinner of the Hull Literary Club the toast list was enriched with quotations from the works of the Poet Laureate. An excerpt from _The Princess_ on the first page says:-- "Hark the bell For dinner, let us go!" Two lines from a poem, _To the Rev. F. D. Maurice_, head the list:-- "You'll have no scandal while you dine, But honest talk and wholesome wine." To the toast of "The Queen" are four lines, as follow:-- "Her Court was pure; her life serene; God gave her peace; her land reposed; A thousand claims to reverence closed In her as Mother, Wife, and Queen." Five lines from _The Battle of Brunanburgh_ are given to the toast of "Our Brave Defenders":-- "Theirs was a greatness Got from their grandsires-- Theirs that so often in Strife with their enemies, Struck for their hoards and their hearths and their homes." Two quotations appear under the toast of "Success to the Hull Literary Club":-- "We rub each other's angles down."--_In Memoriam._ "Work in noble brotherhood."--_Exhibition Ode._ With the toast of "Literature and the Arts" is the line:-- "Let knowledge grow from more to more." Under "The Press":-- "News from the humming city comes to it." The line under the toast of "The Ladies" is brief and graceful:-- "Made to be loved." Toasts and Toasting. Toasting and drinking were more general half a century ago than they are at the present time. In the earlier years of the Queen's reign temperance, if not teetotalism, was, it is true, making headway, but in a great measure convivial customs were maintained, and toasting was popular. Books were published to supply suitable toasts, for public and private parties. Such compilations must have been extremely useful to those who attended social gatherings, and were not able to express graceful and pithy sentiments.